Wool

Wool

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	4
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64), same color only
Flammable	Yes
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 35 hex: 23 bin: 100011
Name	wool[until 1.13] $color_wool[upcoming 1.13]

	“	Wool was added to Minecraft a looooOOOong time ago - in June 2009 during the game's "Classic" development phase. It was originally called cloth and came in sixteen different colours that aren't quite the same colours we have today. Knowing that wool was originally cloth helps to explain why you use it to make paintings - I don't know anyone who paints on wool in the real world. Leather armour was also originally made using cloth and called cloth armour.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Wool is a block derived from sheep that can be dyed in any of the 16 different colors, which are white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime green, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black.

Obtaining

Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.

Block	Wool
Hardness	0.8
Breaking time
Hand	1.25
Shears	0.25

Sheep

1 to 3 wool is harvested by using shears on an adult sheep. If unshorn, sheep will drop 1 wool upon death. The wool dropped will be the same color as the sheep's wool. The drop rates are not affected by the Fortune or Looting enchantments.

White, light gray, gray, black, brown, and pink wool can be found naturally on sheep. The rest of the colors require dyeing sheep.

Natural generation

Naturally occurring black wool with torches on them.

Black wool can also be found naturally in villages as part of a streetlight-like structure where they lie on top of three fence posts, surrounded by 4 torches. Various wool colors generate naturally as part of structures within woodland mansions.

Trading

Shepherd villagers sell each separate color of wool for a price of 1 to 2 emeralds for one wool as part of their tier 2 trades.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
White Wool	String
Dyed Wool	White Wool + Matching Colored Dye
White Wool	Any Dyed Wool + Bleach

Usage

Wool blocks are weak, highly flammable, and offer little resistance against explosions. Their primary usage is as a decorative block.

Trading

Shepherd villagers buy 16 to 22 white wool for 1 emerald as part of their tier 1 trades.

Crafting ingredient

Any color of wool or wood can be used for paintings but it has no effect on the product's final appearance.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner	Matching Wool + Stick
Bed	Matching Wool + Any Wood Planks		Wool color must match. Wood planks do not need to match.
Carpet	Matching Wool	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Painting	Stick + Any Wool

Fuel

Wool can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per wool block.^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only]}

Data values

Block data

See also: Data values

	Data value[until 1.13]		Description	Color Code
	Dec	Hex		old	new
	0	0x0	White wool	#DDDDDD	#E9ECEC
	1	0x1	Orange wool	#DB7D3E	#F07613
	2	0x2	Magenta wool	#B350BC	#BD44B3
	3	0x3	Light blue wool	#6B8AC9	#3AAFD9
	4	0x4	Yellow wool	#B1A627	#F8C627
	5	0x5	Lime wool	#41AE38	#70B919
	6	0x6	Pink wool	#D08499	#ED8DAC
	7	0x7	Gray wool	#404040	#3E4447
	8	0x8	Light gray wool	#9AA1A1	#8E8E86
	9	0x9	Cyan wool	#2E6E89	#158991
	10	0xA	Purple wool	#7E3DB5	#792AAC
	11	0xB	Blue wool	#2E388D	#35399D
	12	0xC	Brown wool	#4F321F	#724728
	13	0xD	Green wool	#35461B	#546D1B
	14	0xE	Red wool	#963430	#A12722
	15	0xF	Black wool	#191616	#141519

Block state

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
color	white
	orange
	magenta
	light_blue
	yellow
	lime
	pink
	gray
	silver	'silver' refers to Light Gray.
	cyan
	purple
	blue
	brown
	green
	red
	black

^{[until 1.13]}

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Rainbow Collection	Gather all 16 colors of wool.	All the colors of wool do not have to be in the inventory at the same time, but must have been picked up by the player once.	Xbox One	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	30G	Silver
				Xbox 360		Alt		20G

Video

Note: This video was made before the carpet and the banner were implemented in version 1.6 and 1.8, as it states wool has two crafting recipes instead of four in the recent updates. Also the wool texture has been changed in 1.12.

History

Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding multiple colours of cloth.
0.0.20a					Cloth was added in 16 different color shades. It had white, light gray, gray, 12 colors from the hue cycle, with an additional purple.
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST					Added sheep, which will drop white cloth.
Indev
0.31 (January 30, 2010)					Cloth can be crafted using four string.
February 12, 2010, 1					Sheep drop white, gray and light gray cloth.
February 18, 2010					Cloth can now be used to craft armor.
February 23, 2010					Cloth is now used to craft paintings.
					Sheep only drop gray cloth.
Infdev
June 27, 2010					Removed all cloth colors except white.
					Sheep now drop white cloth instead of gray.
Alpha
v1.0.8					Changed the recipe of cloth/leather Armor from cloth to leather.
Beta
1.2					Changed the color shades to 16 colors: White, Light Gray (Silver), Gray, Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Lime, Green, Cyan, Light Blue, Purple, Magenta, Pink.
					Renamed cloth to wool.
					Added 15 dyes; white sheep could be dyed by using on them while holding any dye.
					Light gray, gray, and black sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
1.3					Wool is now used to craft beds.
1.4					Brown and pink sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
1.6.6					Changed the crafting recipe of wool, reducing the amount of string required from 9 to 4 pieces.
1.7					Added shears to shear sheep without hurting them, dropping 2-4 wool.
					Sheep no longer drop wool when hit, albeit they drop one wool when being killed when they are unsheared.
1.8			?		Villages generate with lamp posts containing black wool.
Official release
1.1			?		Sheep will now graze grass blocks and eat grass to regain their wool, keeping the color they had before shearing.
					As a counterbalance, shearing sheep now yields 1-3 wool instead of 2-4.
1.2.4					Tweaked the saturation of wool, making wool blocks slightly darker than before. Comparison
1.3.1			12w21a		54 orange wool and 1 blue wool now naturally generate as part of desert temples.
					Wool of any color can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–21 wool for 1 emerald.
1.6.1			13w16a		Wool is now used to craft carpets.
1.8			14w02a		Trading changed: shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color. Farmer villagers no longer trade wool.
			14w03a		Desert temples now generate with stained clay instead of wool.
			14w30a		Wool is now used to craft banners.
1.11			16w33a		Wool can now be used to fuel furnaces.
			16w39a		Various wool colors generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
			16w44a		White wool is now called "White Wool" rather than just "Wool".
1.12			January 23, 2017		Jeb tweets a preview of changes to the wool color palette, adding that "the texture itself may need work."
			January 27, 2017		Jeb tweets another screenshot of further changes to the wool colors, alongside the new concrete blocks. "The noise needs some tweaking," he adds.
			17w06a		Color spectrum changed for a second time, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
			17w17a		Wool can now be used to play the guitar if they are under note blocks.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			17w47a		The different block states for the wool ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 35.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added wool (all 16 colors, not all obtainable)
0.2.0					Added the ability to shear sheep.
0.4.0					Added a crafting recipe for wool.
					Wool is now used to craft beds.
0.5.0					Wool is now used to craft paintings.
0.8.0			build 2		Red wool can be used to craft red carpet.
0.9.0			build 1		Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
					The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
0.9.3					Wool now has smooth lighting.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			build 1		shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color.
1.1			January 27, 2017		Jeb tweets a picture of new wool textures beside the concrete blocks mentioning that they are a work in progress for Pocket Edition 1.1.
			build 1		Color spectrum changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
					Added beds in 16 colors. As a result, the wool has to match in order for the bed to be crafted.
					Various wool colors generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2			build 1		Wool now used to craft banner.
			build 2		Any color of wool can be dyed.
1.4			beta 1.2.20.1		Bleach can be used to make colored wool turn into white wool.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Patch s1	Added wool (all 16 colors).
TU9					Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	Patch s3	Color spectrum changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.

Issues

Issues relating to "Wool" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• The damage values for wool and their respective dyes are the inverse of each other. This is also true for stained glass, terracotta, glazed terracotta, beds, concrete powder and concrete.
• White wool can be crafted together with bone meal, but this simply wastes the bone meal.

Gallery

• 

  A zombie holding a piece of wool.

• 

  The four iterations of the wool block.

• 

  Israel's flag created with a wool structure (and a banner)

References

Blocks

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